Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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GETTYSBURG..........27 BUCKNELL............ 6 GeHysburg opened ifs season on chober l by down- ing arch-rival Bucknell. 27-6. in +he annual Chocolafe Bowl game a+ Hershey Sfadium before 7.000 fans. Gef- fysburge sparked by Jrhe running of Frank Capifani. ground ouf 363 yards while limifing Bob Ford and his Bison feammafes f0 6 nef gain of 228 yards. Capifani, playing in his firsf varsif game, fallied +hree Jrimes and also played a fine degensive game from his Hnebacker posi- fion. Affer a Bucknell score in +he inHial quarfer. GeHysburg came back +0 fally fwice in +he same period. CapH'ani garnering bofh on runs of 25 and 34 yards. The Bullefs were sfalled unfil +he final quarfer when Gagliardi hif Capifani wifh a shorf pass and +he Iaffer sfreaked 44 yards for a +hird score. Mike Duka added +he final +ouch- down. racing nine yards affer grabbing a pass from Jim SoHesz. Lebo goes ou+ of bounds agains+ Bucknell. BUCKNELL vs GETTYSBURG ALBRIGHT vs GETTYSBURG Pieper s+opped after a gain againsf F 8: M in fhe season Final. GETTYSBURG----.---.-.46 ALBRIGHT............ 6 Coach John Yovicsin's charges snared +heir second win on chober 8. walloping Albrighf. 46-6. before 9.000 fans in +he annual Prefzel Bowl game af Reading. Bruce Pieper Jrallied Jrhe firsf fouchdown. darfing I5 yards affer faking a pi+ch-ou+ from Frank Gagliardi. Gagliardi nofched fhe nexf score. sneaking over from +he one +0 climax a 70-yard drive. Fullback Bob Lebo. who was named +he oufsfanding operafive for GeHysburg. fallied fwice in +he second pe- s K; riod +0 run +he counf +0 26-0. The Orange and Blue com- plefed +he rouf in +he second half. nofching +wo scores in Jrhe +hird quarfer and one in +he fourfh. During +he second ,5! , x 4 ; 1 6 half. Pieper sprinfed 64 yards for +he firsf Jrouchdown. A s . w a K ; Frank Capifani pranced 52 yards for Jrhe nexf. and Dave van: 3. e Kt Hefrick complefed Jrhe scoring by racing I8 yards wi+h s :a. y , . an infercep'red pass for +he final fally. 28

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Stan Musser, Mike Wierman. Peppy Swope. Third Row: John Yovicsin. Head Coach; Rome Capozi. Sheldon Yingsf, Co-Cap?.; Larry Davies. Jim Soliesz. Barry DeSatnick, Ed Brown, Ron Lance, Barry AHig. Jack Ridinqer, Bob Lebo, Abbie Pinqafore. Dick Lewandowski. Gene Haas. Line Coach; J'm SEASON '56 fime since I946. Lafe in +he final quarfer. +he shor+ guard from Long Island bursf +hrough +he Leopard line +0 block an aHempfed LafayeHe Held goal which preserved Jrhe precious l5-l4 Jrriumph. Mike Duke was named +0 fhe covefed lis1L as a resulf of his fine running againsf Muh- lenberg. The senior halfback from Green Lane Jrallied fwice as Jrhe Bullefs won. 53-l4. Capifani led +he Bullefs in rushing wi+h a 7.7 yards per carry average. Bruce Pieper. shiHy halfback from Union Cify, Pennsylvania. was second wifh 6.3 while Gag- liardi was +hird wifh 5.5. Gagliardi also complefed 30 passes for 499 yards and five fouchdowns. Pieper led +he pass cafchers, snaring eigh+ for I40 yards and Jrhree Jrallies. No menfion of Geffysburg foofball can be properly made wifhomL recall of fhe scinfillafing play of +he for- ward wall. In addifion +0 Yingsf. Ward, and Harrell. ofher anemen including Barry AHig. Bucky Kempfon. Barry De Safnick, Frank Eckerf. Dick Lewandowski. Fred Alleva, and Arf Hendley played excellenf ball fhroughouf Jrhe en+ire campaign +0 keep GeHysburg's average more Hun commendable. Lenfz, Freshman Coach. Fourfh Row: Al Curryl Ar? Hendley, Bob Barkley. Bucky Kempkzn, Jerrr Harrells Dick Ford, Dick Hammeff, Ber? Avis, Dave 5. Graybill. Dick Junqe man. Mike Duka, Frank Eckerf, Jim Kauffman, Don Har- Queen of fhe Tin Cup Game, Sandy Pyle. poses wifh oufsfanding player of 'fhe game. Frank Gagliardi.

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GETTYSBURG...........I8 LEHIGH.............2I GeHysburg dropped ifs firsf game o1c Jrhe season on chober l5. losing a heartbreaking 2I-I8 decision +0 +he Lehigh Engineers before a parfisan crowd of 5.000 Fafher's Day fans on +he local field. Geffysburg was +he firsf +0 score in +he opening period when Frank Gag- Iiardi wenf over from +he one following +he recovery of a Lehigh fumble by Bruce Pieper on +he visifors' l4. The Bullefs scored again in Jrhe second quarfer when Gag- liardi connecfed wifh Bob Lebo on a 5l-yard pass play. Lehigh's Bob Naylor grabbed Jrhe following kickoff and raced 87 yards +0 score. Bill Doremus added +he kick +0 close +he gap +0 I2-7. Frank Capi+ani added +he nex+ Bullef score wi+h a I4 yard dash for anofher six poinfs. Dick Molan added +he nexf Lehigh score lafe in +he +hird period when he plunged over from fhe fwo following a 65-yard drive. Wifh less +han +hree minufes remaining. Lehigh scored +he winning +ouchdown when Naylor skirfed righf end from +he 20 yard line. LEH IGH vs MUHLENBURG GETTYSBURG...........53 MUHLENBERG..........M On +he following Safurday +he Bullefs jumped back info +he win column wifh a rousing 53-I4 friumph over Muhlen- berg before 5.000 Mule Homecoming fans af Allenfown. Muhlenberg. leading I4-0 wifh less +han Jrwo minufes +0 play in +he firsf half. was suddenly paral zed by a relenf- less Geffysburg aHack which feafurecr +he running of Frank Gagliardi. Frank Capifani. and Mike Duka. Gag- liardi opened +he fireworks by racing down +he sidelines 80 yards on a keeper play and Jim Solfesz added the poinf via a conversion. Affer Frank Eckerf recovered a Mule fumble on he hosfs' 24-yard line, Gagliardi flipped a shorf pass +0 Bruce Pieper who ran 20 yards +0 +he end zone. A conversion by Dave Lichfenfeld deadlocked +he counf af I4. Duke and Dan Hailey each scored fwice while Capifani and Arf Hendley bagged one fally each as +he Bullefs con- +inued +heir comeback in Jrhe second half. Capiiani sfopped short of goal againsf +he Lehigh Engineers. G ETTY'SBlJRG VS GETTYSBURG Avis gefs punf away as rushers close in. 29